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PKK terrorists that have found shelter in the north of Iraq pose a security threat to Turkey. We will take diplomatic steps so that the PKK presence in the north of Iraq ends
Turkey vows to continue opposing the PKK Jul 09, 2008
The decision of the Turkish parliament permitting cross-border operations against terrorists reflects the total will of the Turkish nation
Turkey vows to continue opposing the PKK Jul 09, 2008
They infiltrate into Turkish territory (from neighboring Iraq) in order to realize their bloody actions
Analysis: Turkish worries over Iraq Dec 13, 2007
We will not tolerate the use of Iraqi soil to launch attacks against Turkey
Analysis: Turkish worries over Iraq Dec 13, 2007
We do not wish to see the A400M project canceled and we do not think it is right to decrease the number of planes to be purchased
France confident about A400M plan Jan 08, 2010
Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (pronounced ; born 29 November 1939 in Erzincan) is Minister of Defence of Turkey and Member of Parliament for Kocaeli.
Gönül's father, Saffet, was a teacher in Military high schools. His mother's name was Lütfiye. He graduated in political science from Ankara University in 1960 and returned to Erzincan as a civil servant. He completed a master's degree in Public Administration at the University of Southern California and then returned to a career in public administration in Turkey, eventually becoming security chief and then governor of Kocaeli, Ankara (during the 1980 Turkish coup d'état) and Istanbul provinces. In the mid-80s he was governor of Izmir where he is remembered for a large project of road-building and the construction of Adnan Menderes Airport. Gönül eventually became president of the Public Spending Authority (Sayıştay), the country's highest authority on public finance.
Gönül was elected to the Turkish parliament for Kocaeli on 18 April 1999, and was part of the vanguard of the incumbent AKP. When Tayyip Erdoğan was barred from entering parliament, he became a candidate for party leadership, and later a candidate for the presidency.